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A person familiar with the search tells The Associated Press that the
Milwaukee Bucks
have reached an agreement with
Mike Budenholzer
to become the team's next coach.
The 2015
NBA
Coach of the Year will replace Joe Prunty, the former...

The NBA draft lottery — a.k.a. the NBA's Annual Convention of Losers — takes place Tuesday in Chicago.
For the 13 teams that will be represented on the dais (the Los Angeles Clippers will have two selections), the lottery offers their fans hope for a...

New
Hornets
coach James Borrego plans make Charlotte relevant again in the
NBA
's Eastern Conference by developing the existing players on the roster.
He may not have any other choice.
Hornets general manager
Mitch Kupchak
said Friday...

Michael Jordan
has his guy.
The
Hornets
owner has finalized a deal to hire
San Antonio Spurs
assistant coach James Borrego as Charlotte's next head coach, according to people familiar with the situation.
The people spoke to The Associated...

The Charlotte Hornets have reached an agreement to hire San Antonio Spurs assistant James Borrego as their next coach.
Several media outlets reported early Tuesday that the club was finalizing a deal with the 40-year-old Borrego, who has been an NBA...

A person with knowledge of the situation said interim coach
Jay Triano
is not among "handful" of remaining candidates for the
Phoenix Suns
coaching job.
The person, who asked to remain anonymous because the search is ongoing, said the Suns are...

First the general manager, now the coach.
In another move aimed at getting the
Charlotte Hornets
on track, majority owner
Michael Jordan
fired coach
Steve Clifford
on Friday after the team went 36-46 and failed to reach the playoffs for...

Hornets
owner
Michael Jordan
has turned to a fellow former
North Carolina
Tar Heel with a strong
NBA
track record to help turn around his struggling franchise.
Charlotte hired
Mitch Kupchak
as president of basketball operations and...

Ben Simmons had 20 points and 15 assists as Philadelphia kept up its passing prowess, beating the Charlotte Hornets 119-102 on Sunday.
The Sixers set a team record with its ninth straight game of 30 or more assists — they had 36 on their 48 baskets.
...

Hornets
owner
Michael Jordan
probably wishes he had a few more players like
Kemba Walker
. Perhaps then his team might be a regular
NBA
playoff contender.
The hard work. The passion. The dedication.
They are all qualities that Jordan...

One of
Dwight Howard
's close friends wasn't too enthused with the center's effort at halftime. So, he sent him a text message to let him know.
It pushed the
Charlotte Hornets
star to one of the most dominant performances in
NBA
history.
...

Cavaliers
coach
Tyronn Lue
is taking a leave of absence from the team to address health issues that have included chest pains and loss of sleep.
Lue said Monday in statement that tests have offered no conclusion about what the issue is and...

Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue is taking a leave of absence from the team to address health issues that have included chest pains and loss of sleep.
Lue said Monday in statement that tests have offered no conclusion about what the issue is, but he feels he...

Hornets
coach
Steve Clifford
walked into his postgame press conference and smiled.
"We needed to win a game and we won a game, so that's it," he said. "That's how I feel and I'm sticking with it."
It didn't matter to Clifford that his team nearly...

Hornets coach Steve Clifford has battled headaches for the past two years. But when the pain became so intense before a Charlotte home game last December it frightened him, and he couldn't ignore the problem any longer. The 56-year-old Clifford walked...

Hornets coach Steve Clifford will be away from the team for an undetermined period of time to deal with a "health issue." The team made the announcement Wednesday in a release. The 56-year-old Clifford missed Monday night's game against Orlando because he...

Derrick Rose's injuries may have pushed him to a breaking point. The former league MVP, who has been trying to revive his career with the Cavaliers, left the team earlier this week to handle a personal matter. A team spokesman said Friday that Rose has...

Houston, Minnesota and Oklahoma City were the three Western Conference teams that loaded up for runs at Golden State in the summer. So far, so good for the Rockets and Timberwolves. "They're good. Both of those teams are really good," Charlotte coach...

LeBron James loves rivalries. Ohio State-Michigan. North Carolina-Duke. Cowboys-Redskins. Those are some of the favorite matchups he's cited over the years, ones that have been honed by the flowing of bad blood over generations.
Kyrie Irving left...